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忍無可忍

/ɻən²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɻən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to reach the limit of one's patience; to be unable to bear any more
  • 忍无可忍
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Origin

The phrase 忍無可忍 is composed of the characters 忍, 無, and 可. The character 忍 means to endure, to bear, or to suffer. It is formed with the semantic component 心, meaning heart, and the phonetic component 刃, meaning blade or knife edge.

The character 無 means to not have, there is not, or there does not exist. The character 可 means can, may, or be able to. It contains the semantic component 口, referring to the mouth, and the phonetic component 丂. This phonetic component is formed from 𠃑 and 一.

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

「忍無可忍」意指忍耐到了極點，而無法再忍受。此詞由「忍」、「無」、「可」與「忍」組成。

其中，「忍」字包含表示意義的「心」部，以及表示聲音的「刃」部。而「可」字則是由表示意義的「口」部，與表示聲音的「丂」部組成；「丂」字由「𠃑」與「一」構成，其意義為空氣釋放時的樣子。此外，「無」字則表示不存在或沒有的意思。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese忍 “to endure; to bear; to suffer”
    • soundChinese刃 “blade; knife edge”
    • meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 mn)”
  • characterChinese無 “to not have; there is not; there does not exist”
  • characterChinese可 “can; may; be able to”
    • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • soundChinese丂 “the appearance of air which is to be released”
      • componentChinese𠃑
      • componentChinese一 “one”
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Meanings

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  1. to reach the limit of one's patience; to be unable to bear any more

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 忍耐到了極點，而無法再忍受。 例：上司的跋扈作風已經使他忍無可忍，所以才憤而提出辭呈。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0